The Remaining Sister by Leanne Davis

Author:Leanne Davis [Davis, Leanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leanne Davis
Published: 2017-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

IT WAS AS IF Chloe went into hibernation. However, she didn’t go home to do it, which was where she should probably have gone. No. After that night, she hunkered down and hid away in Chet’s place. And he let her. He didn’t even once hint that she should go home and give him his space, as any reasonable person might have demanded. Or requested. Or expected. No. Chet embraced her. She woke up the next morning and felt awkward with him. But she didn’t hesitate to say yes to his suggestion that they go out to breakfast. They ate at a little coffee shop in Silver Springs, not her café, which she still avoided. Upon passing it, however, Chloe didn’t fail to notice the parking lot was full. Sunday mornings drew crowds before and after church so the place was usually hopping. It was odd how detached she felt toward it though. It belonged solely to her now. It was all hers. She spotted Petra and Tara when the car passed by in a blur. She didn’t care and quickly turned away, uninterested in what was going on there. Neither the staff, the customers nor the business in general managed to draw her interest. Chloe wasn’t sure which days Chet worked now that Petra was making the schedule.

While eating breakfast, Chloe asked Chet if it were okay if she stayed at his place for a while. He said yes without any questions like why, or how long? He wasn’t even curious to know what she envisioned happening from this. He didn’t hesitate either, but just said yes. Chloe reveled in it. She asked him to stop by her house so she could grab some stuff, so he pulled into her driveway, turned his car off, and followed her inside. Waiting in her living room, Chet was silent as she gathered some things from her bedroom and put them into a bag before using a smaller one for all of her grooming needs. Without any comment, Chet took the bags from her and stowed them in his car. Sparing neither a word nor a startled glance, Chet resumed his neutral face again. It might have annoyed her if she were trying to gauge how he felt about something, especially the good things. But when she was worried or unsure of how he felt, she was glad he didn’t show any anger or even flinch. Nothing. Nada. He followed her out and that was that.

“Do you have any preference as to where I set this stuff?” she asked when she first walked into his confined space with all her gear.

He shrugged and said, “No.” Just no. Without any reassurances or waffling or panicked looks of discomfort. She nodded, deciding she’d take his word for it. He was so cut-and-dried. She believed he’d tell her if he minded or had any misgivings before explaining exactly what they were.

Hiding safely in his small bungalow, she felt as if she dropped off the face of the earth.

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